Effect of sperm numbers and concentration on sperm transport and uterine inflammatory response in the mare

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 556-562

  Fiala, Sandra Mara ^a   Pimentel, Cláudio Alves ^b   Mattos, Ana Luiza Gelpi ^c   Gregory, Ricardo Macedo ^a,d   Mattos, Rodrigo Costa ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^d Pesquisador do CNPq ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Leukocyte; Mare; Sperm; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MILK; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TIME; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLAMMATION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MILK; NEUTROPHILS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM TRANSPORT; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845898696     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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